Spirocolpus

Extinct genus of gastropods

Spirocolpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Spirocolpus
Finlay, 1926
Type species
Turritella waihaoensis Marwick, 1924
Species

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Spirocolpus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Spirocolpus include:

  • Spirocolpus carsoni Finlay & Marwick, 1937
  • Spirocolpus meadii (Baily, 1855) [2]
  • Spirocolpus rudis (P. Marshall, 1919)
  • Spirocolpus tophinus (Marwick, 1926)
  • Spirocolpus waihaoensis (Marwick, 1924)

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Spirocolpus Finlay, 1926 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818566 on 2019-11-04
  2. ^ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
  • Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
Taxon identifiers
Spirocolpus


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